National Institutes Of Health
Senate committee advances NIH, FDA leaders' nominations
The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted to advance the nominations of probable new NIH and FDA leaders to the full senate.
42-year HIV survivor tells CROI she has gone ‘from fear to courage’
SAN FRANCISCO — During the opening day of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Rebecca Denison, a decades-long HIV survivor, addressed conference attendees and discussed her experiences of living with HIV.
Discussion about NIH research funding cuts requires 'data, time and careful evaluation'
NIH’s plan to cut what it pays universities and other entities for indirect costs associated with scientific research would create “extremely challenging” short- and long-term impacts, according to a renowned data scientist and researcher.
Research community braces for 'profoundly negative impact' of NIH cuts
NIH’s decision to cut what it pays universities and other entities for indirect costs associated with scientific research would have immediate and far-reaching consequences, according to many academic institutions and professional societies.
Medical community ‘shocked and blindsided’ as courts review Trump’s grant freeze order
A recent executive order from President Donald J. Trump pausing trillions of dollars in federal grant and loan funding has led to widespread confusion across the medical community, as experts await the ultimate result of multiple lawsuits.
Famed CDC journal goes unpublished amid HHS communications freeze
The CDC’s primary medical journal for disseminating public health information went unpublished this week — seemingly for the first time ever — amid a communications freeze issued by HHS to the nation’s various health agencies.
Addition of blinatumomab to chemotherapy improves outcomes for children with B-cell ALL
SAN DIEGO — The addition of blinatumomab to chemotherapy extended DFS for children with newly diagnosed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to results of a randomized phase 3 trial presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
NIH finds neuroscience director engaged in research misconduct
The NIH announced that Eliezer Masliah, MD, now former director of the division of neuroscience at the National Institute on Aging, engaged in research misconduct while serving in the agency.
‘Physicians don’t feel comfortable’ treating addiction due to poor training, lack of resources
Most physicians who are reluctant to treat addiction cited poor training and other institutional factors as major reasons for their hesitancy, a systematic review in JAMA Network Open showed.
Survey: Most Americans do not know PCPs can prescribe opioid use disorder treatment
More than six in 10 Americans were unaware that primary care providers can prescribe treatment for opioid use disorder, or OUD, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open.